Title :
Plasmonic amplifier of the evanescent field of free electrons
Author :
Jin-Kyu So ; Jun-Yu Ou ; Adamo, G. ; de Abajo, F. J. Garcia ; MacDonald, K.F. ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We show experimentally for the first time that free-electron evanescent fields can be amplified by a plasmonic nanolayer in much that same way as optical evanescent fields are amplified in the poor-man´s superlens.
Keywords :
amplifiers; electron optics; lenses; nanophotonics; plasmonics; electron volt energy 2.8 keV to 44 keV; electron volt energy 40 keV to 50 keV; free-electron evanescent fields; optical evanescent fields; plasmonic amplifier; plasmonic nanolayer; poor-man´s superlens; size 20 nm; Educational institutions; Face; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Photonics; Plasmons; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801885
